Improvement in hay-racks



JONES i mpr0vement i n Hay Racks.

.Patentedlan.2,1872.

PAIEN WILLIAM P. JONES, OF AROADE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT |N HAY-RACKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,887, dated January 2, 1872.

, space when not in use; and it consists in hinging together the inner extremities of the crossbars ot' hay-racks, which are provided with swinging and detachable standards.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved hay-rack. Fig. 2 is a vertical section at the dotted line cc, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

A is the rack-body, constructed with side pieces and bottom Gr, in the usual manner. B

r B are the extensions or wings of the rack, composed of horizontal slats a, and girts b, suitably bolted together, and the latter restin g upon and extending within the side pieces of the body in the Ordinary manner. The body A is made in two sections, being divided longitudinally through the center, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, and the girts b meet at this divisioh line and are secured to the bottom C. Thus it Will be seen that the sections of the rack may be lifted separately over the bolsterstakes of the wagon and removed, as indicated by heavy dotted lines in Fig. 3. For the purpose of lockingthe sections together Iprovide A hinges, c, Figs. 1 and 3, constructed in any convenient form, and prefcrably secured to the adjacent ends of the girts. Bolts with nuts or pins are used for the pintles of these hinges,

and are removable, whereby the sections may be separated by removing the pintles, or folded up, as indicated in light dotted lines in Fig. 3, and removedtogether. By this means, when laid away it occupies only about one-half the space usually required by racks ot this description. In order to avoid the trouble of removing the bolts or pintles from the hinges o,

the latter may consist of a hook and loop at'- hook draws out of the loop, allowing the sec-- tions to separate. By this plan of constructing the-rack in two parts it may be readily placed upon or removed from the wagon by one person. The standard Dis made in the usual form, with bent uprights and connectinggirts, and the lower ends of the former are fitted to enter sockets o, Figs. 2, 3, and 5, the main shank of which revolves easily in the side pieces of the body A. Spring-stops n, Figs. 1 and 2, are sechred to the box, projecting outward against the uprights and retaining them in avertical position. These springs may be pressed out of the way when necessary, and the standard allowed to pass them and swing down when not in use.

A hay-rack provided with a swinging and detachable standard D, as and for the purposes set forth, and composed of two longitudinal sections, the cross-arms or girts b of which are hinged together at their inner extremities, as shown and described, for the pur poses specified.

- WILLIAM P. JONES. Witnesses:

E. P. CARTER,

J. A. swm. 31

mon y Thus it will be seen that when the rack is taken apart or 'folded up this standard may be removed from the sockets o; but when in use it is retained 

